[ale] Fixing systemd and pulseaudio: was UEFI vs BIOS understanding

[Jim Kinney]

Not rub salt in wounds but my Fedora laptop works just fine running audacity, systemd, and pulseaudio. I don't do much with audacity but I do test with after updates (usually just major os version upgrades).

On December 21, 2020 1:03:48 PM EST, "SpaXpert, Inc. via Ale" <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>' For simple recording and editing Audacity will suffice. '
>
>Oh Yeah, if you can get it to play with pulse, alsa, or jack. :^)
>
>Doug.
>
>On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 12:59 PM Boris Borisov via Ale <ale at ale.org>
>wrote:
>
>> Ardour is more like DAW. For simple recording and editing Audacity
>will
>> suffice.
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 12:51 PM Bob via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Is Ardour be a better choice for recording than Audacity?
>>>
>>> --Bob
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2020-12-21 12:37 p.m., Jim Ransone via Ale wrote:
>>> > As a relatively non-technical person who uses my computer for
>audio
>>> > stuff, having to deal with alsa, pulseaudio, and jack has been a
>>> > confusing hassle. What I gathered from spending way too much time
>>> > reading and watching tutorials to figure this stuff out is that
>alsa is
>>> > the base level, pulseaudio rides on top of that and handles audio
>for
>>> > most common applications but lacks the low-latency necessary for
>audio
>>> > recording. Hence the need for Jack. Then you need to figure out
>how to
>>> > make jack and pulseaudio play nice and function along side each
>other.
>>> > It's a mess. Thankfully, the new version of Ardour recommends just
>>> using
>>> > alsa by itself. It makes sense that this would be faster. And it
>>> > prevents me from spiraling down a rabbit hole of confusion trying
>to
>>> > figure out why my audio isn't working. So now I have no need for
>Jack
>>> at
>>> > all, and pulseaudio does whatever it does without bothering me.
>The
>>> only
>>> > downside is that when Ardour is running, youtube videos will not
>play.
>>> A
>>> > little annoying, but I can live with it.
>>> >
>>> > Jim
>>> >
>>> > On 12/21/20 12:17 PM, Boris Borisov via Ale wrote:
>>> >> Or pick a distro that is already modified.
>>> >>
>>> >> On Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 11:55 AM Leam Hall via Ale <ale at ale.org
>>> >> <mailto:ale at ale.org>> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>     On 12/21/20 11:50 AM, Steve Litt via Ale wrote:
>>> >>     > On Mon, 21 Dec 2020 09:08:09 -0500
>>> >>     > DJ-Pfulio via Ale <ale at ale.org <mailto:ale at ale.org>> wrote:
>>> >>     >
>>> >>     >
>>> >>     >> Someday, systemd and pulseaudio will be "fixed" by
>removal,
>>> which
>>> >>     >> would be good.
>>> >>     >
>>> >>     > That day can't come fast enough.
>>> >>     >
>>> >>     > SteveT
>>> >>     >
>>> >>     > Steve Litt
>>> >>     >
>>> >>
>>> >>     There are days when "Linux From Scratch" seems like a great
>idea...
>>> >>
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>>> >>
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